One Day...So Many Ideas

Good Idea – Today while at work I encountered two teens, one having an account with us, the other shockingly, did not.  Being the smart teller that I am, I took the opportunity to offer this unsuspecting teen an account.  I told him all the benefits, why he should open an account, and yada yada yada.  However…

Bad Idea - I also told him of the many wonderful prizes I could give him if he were to deposit his monies with the bank.  One of these prizes was a little stool with a cooler underneath it the bank was giving away.  As I began explaining the stool it soon became very apparent my message was going downhill, and fast.   The teen, trying to hold in bursts of laughter, says, “So if I open an account you’ll give me a stool in a cooler, right?”Then to make it worse his buddy goes, “Ya dude I got one too, it’s called a stooler.”  At that point I couldn’t hold it in any longer and laughter took over the scene.  Unfortunately, they did not leave with the infamous stooler.

Good Idea – Yet another workism happened today of all days.  Several weeks ago I was having a conversation with a customer about running shoes and such.  I mentioned my husband wears Nike Free shoes and the customer seemed pretty excited about this new find. 

Bad Idea – Apparently I have issues with speech because in our conversation a few weeks ago I kept referring to the shoes as Nike Frees.  I guess in my mind the simpler way of saying Nike Free shoes was Nike Frees.  So today the customer comes in and I ask him about the shoes.  He replies, “I tell you what I had a heck of a time finding them!  I googled Nike FREEZE as soon as I got home and couldn’t find them anywhere.  The only thing that came close was Nike Free shoes.”  Needless to say he is very happy with his Nike Frees.